A Day in the Life of a Remote Software Engineer | Coding With Claude

A real day in the life of a remote software engineer, from deep architecture work to shipping an AI-powered PR pipeline with Claude. In this video I take you through a full day working remotely as a full stack developer: a 5-mile morning run, 30 minutes working on my own app Simplify Pocket before the workday starts, writing ADRs and architecture diagrams, building an AI-powered PR review pipeline with Claude, tracking my macros during marathon training, and planning system architecture with my team. If you're into remote work, software engineering, day-in-the-life content, or want to see how AI tools like Claude fit into a real dev workflow, this one's for you. 00:00 Intro 00:20 6:30 AM run 01:20 Building my own app, Simplify Pocket 02:00 Workday starts, ADRs & architecture 03:00 Building a PR pipeline with Claude 04:00 Lunch & macros 04:45 PR reviews & team sync 05:30 Planning & architecture with Claude 06:15 Wrap up Hi, I'm Otis Kelley, a full stack software developer working remotely. I post videos like this covering my day-to-day as an engineer, the tools I use, and the projects I'm building on the side. Subscribe for more day-in-the-life and remote software engineering content. #RemoteWork #SoftwareEngineer #DayInTheLife